Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-06-10

His Reply to O'BrieD's Holman
Rousc speech.
ny telegraph to the Dspatch-l

tBy telegraph to the Dspatch.l
NEW YORK, June 0.-John Mchackin
writes 10 tie pers today, and makes
TIE following points
r. Is tue that public ATTENTION should be
directed 10 gross Inconsistencies, not 10 say
dishonesty, al the leaders OF the Irish
cause. and Of their protested friends and
aumirers In America. One OF the reasons
assigned by Mr.. 0Brien for not attending
the labor denomination on SATURDAY
was that his doing 50 would "ln-
crease the dlfEioulTies OF Ireland by
sombroiing" IRISH leaders In - American
issues - Why, then. should Mr.. O'brieB
ASK Americans to embroil themselves ID
British or IriSh issues. II II he an impro-
pTiety for O'Brien 10 attend the meeting M
New York, at which American llndlordisn
is condemned, manifestly It must be an in1-
proprety for the citizens OF America to
take part. either by contributing money or
nv holding meetings. in cOndemni1g
lac dlordism In Ireland. Mr.. OBricn
came TO Canada 10 deuounce Lofu
Lansdowne-fOr whatg For doing what
American landlords do every day without
word Of ceusure from the men WAC diced
with Mr.. O'Brien in the Hoffman House.
Mr.. O'Brlen admits that the land OF Lugga
Curran il the private property OF Lord
Lsnsdowne Just as his American friends
admit that the land OF New York IS the
private property OF the Astors, Rhine
laDders, and others. II New York land
lords may, as they do, demand what rent
they please for the land they bold as their
own and eyict as they do tenants who
reiusel or who are too poor 10 pay. why
should not Lord Lansdowne do the same:
1htre are a. many eyctions In proportion
TO population and as cruel cYlctlOns In
America az in Ireland. The land laws in
Ireland are much more favorable to tenants
than the land laws in America. In Ireland
a tenant who thinks be IS oyer.rented can
go TO the courts and get the rent re-
ducod. In America the tenant must
nav any rent the landlord chooses to fix or
20. For wears the Irish cause has been
sustained almost entirely by funds supplied
by the Irish Of America. All along we
were told that the money asked for was to
toe used in the work OF abolishDg land
lordIsm. Mr.. O'Brien now tells us
that this IS not what the Irish
movement aims at. He virtually says that
they do not want to abolish llndlordism,
but to perpetuate ii. They want reductions
OF rent first and then the clearing out OF
the present landlords 10 make way for
Other landlords to take their places.
II this Is what Ireland has desired and still
desires, then the vast sums received by the
Irish League from America have been
obtained on false pretences. What is right
In Ireland cannot be wrong in America
We have not heard word from Tammany
Hall or even from Bishop OFarreIlin con-
demnation OF the brutal eyictions. A couple
Of weeks ago in Pennsylvania scores OF fami-
lies were pitched out OF their houses into
the streets and obliged to remain
there all night, as the landlords fOrblde
under penalty OF eviction any one to give
them shelter. Such thing happening in
Ireland would be Indignantly denounced
by the O'Donoghues and Graces and KEEL.
Tvs Of New York, but happening In "iree
America" those "haters OF oppression"
bayc not a word Of censure or disapproyal.
a patriot in Ireland, an Anarchist In
America" seems to be the form that applies
to the position Of the men who have been
shouting around O'Bnen.